Learn About the 5 Best Weight Loss Rules
I remember reading once that “all diets work” and all diets will assist you to “lose” weight. The difficulty is that rather than maintain the weight loss we tend to go back to our poor eating habits and gain all of the weight that we lost back again. I I didn’t agree.
As an experienced dieter I have tried many weight loss programs that just didn’t work. I would follow the program rigorously but the scale would not budge. On some of these diets, I could follow perfectly for months at a time and never lose a pound.
It is a biological anomaly for women. Men are always able to lose weight and gain muscle easier and faster than women because women are biologically programmed to hold onto the fat. In the scarce event of a famine our bodies are designed not only to keep us alive but also to keep any offspring that we may be carrying alive. Biologically it is just more challenging for women to lose weight.
But in the past few years and throughout this struggle, I have learned quite a few things that can help a woman to lose weight. I will share my top five rules for weight loss here.
The first rule is fairly simple, “Eat”. Yes, eat at least three and even as many as 6 small meals per day. For one thing it keeps you from getting over hungry, which prevents you from bingeing and another reason is that it keeps your metabolism going strong. Your body will start to save fat if it thinks it’s starving so the first rule is to Eat.
Second is to substitute quality for quantity. Empty calories that provide no decent nutritional value do nothing to fill you up and eating nutritionally void food is a guaranteed way to pack on the pounds. Cravings are often caused by a lack of vital nutrients so it is crucial to choose high quality, nutritionally dense foods. Steer clear of the “white stuff’, meaning white flour and white sugar.
Third, make sure that you add some protein with every meal. High protein diets work because protein digests slower than carbohydrates; especially simple carbohydrates and proteins will not cause a sugar spike in your bloodstream. When you add protein you are not nearly as hungry later on and you wind up eating less.
Fourth rule is to choose quality carbs. Simple carbs, like donuts, cakes and sweets of any kind and anything that is made from white flour will spike your blood sugar, which will create more hunger, and it will just add to your fat deposits. Complex carbohydrates have fiber and nutrients that are advantageous to your body. Complex carbohydrates include whole grains and vegetables.
Fifth is to begin an exercise program. Start moving. Take the stairs. Take a walk. Move more. You can start slow and work your way up but exercise is critical for long-term weight loss success.
It will probably be that you’ll have to work at it. Few people with weight problems solve them once and for all for and never have to think about it again, but if you follow these rules the majority of the time, you will lose weight and you will be able to keep it off.